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How can members of the order Lagomorpha be differentiated from the order Rodentia?

An additional pair of incisor teeth is located directly behind the large incisors on the upper jaw.

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2. Give the genus and species name of the domestic rabbit.

Oryctolagus cuniculus

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3. Which of the following most accurately describes aspects of the rabbit which make it a good research model?
a. Large ears
b. Readily accessible blood vessels
c. Ideal candidate for antibody production and blood collection
d. Blood flow to the ears is the primary means of temperature control
e. All of the above

e

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4. The majority of rabbits used for research are of the ___________ breed.

New Zealand White

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5. Give the term of the practice used by domestic rabbits in recycling protein and B complex vitamins.

cecotrophy

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6. The mean lifespan of rabbit erythrocytes is _______ days.

50

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7. The rabbit counterpart for the neutrophil is a __________________.

heterophil

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8. Basophils may represent up to _______% of circulating leukocytes.

30%

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9. __________________ are usually the predominant leukocyte in the peripheral blood of domestic rabbits.

lymphocytes

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10. Rabbits are a (fore, mid or hind) gut fermenter.

hind

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11. Name the spherical, thick-walled enlargement which is found at the ileocecal junction of rabbits.

sacculus rotundus

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12. The ______________ ____________ is a round patch of lymphoid tissue adjacent to the cecum.

17. Dark reddish, orange urine is found in the rabbit’s pan liner? What do you suspect is the cause?
a. Normal urine only
b. Elevated levels of urobilin
c. Hematuria
d. Could be associated with any of the above

19. The _______________________ virus is a benign disease of cottontail rabbits and is used as a model for papillomatosis and virus-induced malignancy. It produces papillomas with a high incidence of progression to squamous cell carcinoma.
a. Adenomavirus
b. Adenovirus
c. Polyomavirus
d. Papillomavirus

30. Which of the following diseases have been used as a form of biological control for wild rabbit populations?
a. Rabbit pox
b. Myxomatosis
c. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease
d. Leporid Herpesvirus 1 infection
e. both a and b
f. both b and c
g. all of the above

f

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31. Coronavirus infection may be associated with which of the following clinical syndromes:
a. enteritis
b. pleural effusion
c. cardiomyopathy
d. all of the above

d

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32. Rotaviral infection is usually confined to what animal age groups?

38. Which of the following microscopic staining methods yields a better demonstration of the characteristic bundles of filamentous bacilli associated with Tyzzer’s disease?
a. Warthin-Starry silver method
b. Giemsa
c. H & E
d. both a and b
e. both b and c

d

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39. Which of the following characteristics is NOT consistent with enteropathogenic (EPEC) strains of E. coli?
a. cause intestinal disease
b. produce enterotoxins
c. not enteroinvasive
d. none of the above

b. produce enterotoxins

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40. True or False: Dutch Belted rabbits naturally infected with enterohemorrhagic strains of E. coli develop renal disease similar to the hemolytic-uremic syndrome seen in humans.

True

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41. What methods can be used to identify bacteria in the apical cytoplasm of the crypt-villus column?
a. Silver stains
b. Periodic-acid Schiff stain
c. Electron microscopy
d. All of the above

d

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42. Which of the following diseases is associated with the following clinical signs: succussion splash, teeth grinding, cecal impaction, cecal dysbiosis and accumulation of large quantities of gelatinous mucus in the colon?
a. Salmonella
b. Vibrio
c. Mucoid enteropathy
d. Listeriosis

c

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43. Abortion and sudden death , particularly in does in advanced pregnancy, are characteristic signs of ______________________.